The Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) has been
receiving complaints from former students of the St. Joseph University
in Tanzania (SJUIT) Arusha Campus, St. Joseph University College of
Agricultural Science and Technology (SJUCAST) and St. Joseph University
College of Information Technology (SJUCIT) whose approvals for their
establishment had been revoked by the Tanzania Commission for
Universities (TCU). The affected students complain that they were not
allocated loans for the academic year 2015/2016.
Due to these ongoing complaints, the Management of HESLB wishes to inform the students and the general public that:(i) TCU’s
revocations affected a total of 3,722 students from above named
Institutions who had to be relocated to other Higher Learning
Institutions;(ii) Following relocation of 3,722 students, HESLB was
obliged to transfer loans for students who had been allocated loans in
academic year 2015/2016 only. A total of 3,374 students fulfilled the
criteria for transfer of their loans, and such loans were successfully
transferred to their new institutions;(iii) The remaining 348
students were not allocated loans in academic year 2015/2016 and
therefore they had no loans to be transferred;(iv) The above 348
students included 335 students from SJUIT Arusha Campus, who were
suspended from studies in the academic year 2014/2015 for various
reasons, and therefore lost their eligibility for loans in the academic
year 2015/2016 as no examination results were submitted to HESLB to
prove their status;(v) The remaining 13 students were students
formerly admitted to SJUIT, who later left SJUIT and are continuing with
studies in other higher learning institutions;
Analysis of relocated students and their loan status is presented in the following Table.
Table 1: ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN RELOCATED TO OTHER HIGHER
LEARNING INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR LOANS POSITIONS FOR 2015/2016

INSTITUTION

NUMBER OF RELOCATED STUDENTS

LOANS SUCCESSFULLY ALLOCATED

STUDENTS REGISTERED TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS

STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT LOANS BENEFICIARIES 2015/16

Marian University College

154

112

7

35

Mkwawa University College of Education

99

92

0

7

Mwenge Catholic University

718

700

0

18

Ruaha Catholic University

589

526

0

63

Sokoine University of Agriculture

1116

944

5

167

University of Dodoma

1046

1000

1

45

TOTAL

3722

3374

13

335

Therefore, following their ineligibility for loans in 2015/2016, the
335 were advised to apply for loans for academic year 2016/2017.
To view detailed lists of the names, kindly visit http://olas.heslb.go.tz